Introduction to Highness Maharani Gayatri Devi
Maharani Gayatri Devi was the last Queen of Jaipur in Rajasthan. Maharani Gayatri Devi was listed in Vogue as one of the most beautiful women in the world. She was born on 23 May 1919.
She was the daughter of the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, and the widow of the Maharaja of Jaipur. She was raised in a sumptuous palace staffed with five hundred servants. She shot her first panther when she was twelve. After she won a seat in the Parliament of India, President John F. Kennedy introduced her as the woman with most staggering majority that anyone has ever earned in an election. She has appeared on the lists of the world's most beautiful women. Her Grandfather was Maharaja Sayaji Rao III Geakwad and her Grandmother was Maharani Chimnabai of Baroda.
Maharani Gayatri Devi has lived a tomboy childhood with her brothers and sisters in the palace of Cooch-Behar, and has had adventurous trips with their elegant mother, the Maharani Indira Devi, to London and the European Continent. He had a six year secret courtship with internationally renowned polo player Jai, the Maharaja of Jaipur. When she married the Maharaja she entered the glittering life of the City Palace of the pink city, and had to adjust to the unfamiliar customs and to life with Jai's two other wives.
The Maharaja's liberating influence, combined with Gayatri Devi's own strong character, took her well beyond the traditionally limited activities of a Maharani. She founded several progressive school and won unprecedented success in the political arena. In recent years the Maharani has had to face tragedies as great as her former triumphs.
She developed gastric problems in London and was admitted to a hospital there. She was being treated for gastric disorder at the King Edward’s Hospital in London and had expressed her desire to return to Jaipur. Gayatri Devi was flown in an air ambulance to Jaipur. She was admitted at Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital (SDMH) on 17 July 2009. She died on 29 July 2009, reportedly due to lung failure at the age of 90.
